Learning to Fly: James Aggrey and the Kwame Nkrumah's years of formation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2018.138760

Keywords:

Kwame Nkrumah, Africa, James Aggrey, Pan-africanism, Gana

Abstract

The most remarkable characteristic of the Ghanaian politician and ideologist Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) is his radical Pan-Africanism. To him, the signifier Africa had the meaning of a nation to be built and reconquered. This Pan-African drive was the outcome of a visible maturation in his history. The Ghanaian educator James Aggrey (1875-1927) had an essential role in it. By means of a review of Nkrumah’s work and of Aggrey’s speeches and writings, we discuss the intellectual relations between them in this paper.

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Author Biography

  • Felipe Paiva, Universidade Federal Fluminense

    Graduado em História pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS). Mestre em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF. Doutorando em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense. Professor substituto de História da África da Universidade de Brasília. Bolsista Capes-Proex. Pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos Africanos da UFF (NEAF - UFF)

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Published

2018-12-17

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Democracia e ditadura: empresários, políticos e intelectuais

How to Cite

PAIVA, Felipe. Learning to Fly: James Aggrey and the Kwame Nkrumah’s years of formation. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 177, p. 01–21, 2018. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2018.138760. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/138760.. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2024.